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    Helping friend with Photoshop & Video editing build

    Friend wants to build a replacement computer for his old outdated system. He is using an AMD A8 with Photoshop non web based version, Corel Video Studio and ON1 photo editing site. He was thinking of using Asus Prime X470-Pro Ryzen5 2400G 16GB RAM EVO 860 SSD 500GB Win10 Home 2 TB...
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    Raid or not to Raid

    Looking at relacing a 2 computer Win XP system using peer to peer for a Point of Sale system. Current system is 7 yrs old and new version of the PoS requires Win7 X64 Pro. Current system is using one machine as a "server" with a Promise Super Swap 1100 for RAID 1. If I decide to use RAID 1 on...
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    P8Z77-V Pro horrendous boot times

    I just finished building a system with the following P8Z77-V Pro BIOS 1206 i5 3570K (not overclocked) Corsair Vengeance 16GB DDR3 1600MHz CL9 Dual Channel Kit (4 x 4GB) 500GB Caviar Black 7200rpm SATA III w/ 32MB Cache (boot drive) 1TB Caviar Black 7200rpm SATA III w/ 64MB Cache OCZ 600W...
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    Home General Purpose suggestions

    Friend wants a new computer to replace their aging P4 PLEASE when you POST threads asking for input on system builds tell us... 1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing. Home use for web surfing, email, listing to music some video streaming...
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    AMD and 13333 memory problems

    Is there a problem with AM3 based motherboards and being able to use memory faster than 1333? Looking at building a system for someone with a M4A87TD EVO and they want either 8GB or 16GB of memory on board. Just wondering if I use a AMD X4 or X6 if I will be restricted to 1333 memory speed as...
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    2600K overclock to 4.4Ghz temps

    Have a P8P67 Deluxe, i2600K, Noctua U12P SE2 and Win7 x64. Had overclocked it to 4.4 via Turbo ratio of 44, Load line calibration of Ultra High CPU voltage of 1.35. WHen I ran Linx temps on some cores were hitting 80C and had not seen any LinX results. Clocked it back to its stock speed and...
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    Did I get the wrong memory for overclocking P8P67?

    I just built a new Sandy Bridge build with Intel Core i7 2600K Quad Core Unlocked Hyperthreading Processor LGA1155 3.4GHZ Sandy Bridge 8MB ASUS P8P67 Deluxe ATX LGA1155 P67 3PCI-E16 2PCI-E1 2PCI Sandy Bridge B3 Motherboard Corsair XMS3 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 8GB 2X4GB DDR3-1600 CL9-9-9-27 240PIN...
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    Non gaming system

    Looking at building a non gaming computer that will be used for general work, including photography and maybe down the road video editing. Would like the system to last a couple of years. Not partial to Intel or AMD. Have come up with this Intel but do not know what on the AMD side is...
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    Hitachi warranty starts @ DoM?

    Puchased a Hitachi 7K1000.C internal hard drive and idling with no partitions on it and no other actvity on the computer there is a noticable noise coming from the drive. One can also feel the drive apparently seeking / vibrating. Since the drive is new I can return it to the online reseller...
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    Sapphire HD5670 won't come out of sleep

    Have an i5-760 on Asus P7P55D-E and a Sapphire HD5670 PCI-E video card. Downloaded and installed the 10.8 Catalyst drivers from Sapphire during the install. When computer tries to come out of sleep mode the desktop background is either garbled or black. Only way is to do a reset of the computer...
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    Photoshop and general purpose i5-760 or i5-661?

    Looking at building a computer for photoshop and general use. Thinking of using an Asus P7H57D-V EVO and either an i5-661 or i5-760. The 661 will allow using the onboard video on this motherboard while the 760 will need a standalone video card. The 661 is a dual core w HT while the 760 is a quad...
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    My brain hurts re i3 i5 i7 CPU differences

    Don't know if its been the long week I have had or what but I wanted to explain to someone what the difference is between the i3,i5 and i7 CPUs for at least laptops I can not seem to find a clear explanation. Can someone help out a confused person with a headache? ;-)
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    What 1156 mb for USB3 and SATA3?

    Going cross eyed looking at motherboard specs for a 1156 motherboard that will be using an i5 probably the i5 661. Would like to have USB3 and SATA3. Back in January I had a heck of a time with a GigaByte P55A-UD3 with it chirping and being temperamental with Cosair high end memory. At the...
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    i3/i5 motherboard other than Gigabyte P55-UD3

    Looking at building for a friend who wants Intel a non over clocked i3 and i5 computers the former will have 2GB and the latter probably 4GB. Neither will be overclocked. The i5 will be used for general purpose and photoshopping. The i3 will be used in an office environment both will be using...
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    Reuse AM2 BE2300 cooler?

    Anyone ever reuse the cooler from a AM2 Retial box BE2300 cpu on an AM2 OEM 6000+ cpu? Not overclocking either. If so can ai just clean off the cooling pad and use Arctic Silver on the 6000+?
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    About had it with Gugabyte MBs.. wont boot with AHCI

    Just got a MA785GMY-UD2H and AMD Athlon II X3 435 Triple Core Processor Socket AM3 2.9GHZ and Kingston KVR1333D3N9k2/4G memory. Using a WD 1TB and created a primary partition for Windows7 x64 outside of Windows so as not to get the additional partiton that Win7 creates if it formats the primary...
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    New AM3 Motherboard general purpose

    Looking for a motherboard for general purpose work. No game playing or overclocking. Looking at one of the following AMD CPUs: Athlon II X4 630, Athlon II X2 250, Athlon II X4 620. Looking at possibly Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P or an Asus motherboard. Will be using Win7 and probably 4GB RAM...
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    Most frustrating build in years

    Just built a P55A-UD3 w i5-750 and Corsair XMS3 memory with Windows7 Home Premium 64 bit and it has one of most frustrating builds I have had in years. For some reason the system when sitting in Windows7 at the desktop idling the case speaker emits a single beep seeming randomly. For the thread...
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    Can not change password

    I just joined and have a couple of problems. I can not change my password as the system does not take the change nor does it give me any sort of error when I do the change.
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    Video editing System

    Looking to build a system that will be used for day to day tasks as well as video editing. No overclocking or playing of games will be done. Was looking at the Q6600 CPU as it is more reasonably priced than the newer 46 nm CPUs. Perhaps that that CPU is over kill and I could use a C2D CPU...